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Springer, of course, is best known for his 14-year-old talk show, which is filled with dueling transsexual lovers and cheating midgets. Before that, he was a city council member in Cincinnati--during which time he was caught paying a prostitute with a personal check--and later mayor. Now that he has set his sights on the Governor's mansion, Springer seems to have embarked on an image makeover. For years, Democratic leaders have urged him to start a radio talk show and distance himself from his TV persona. Springer did just that a month ago. For three hours...
...JEFF CARR Cincinnati, Ohio...
Because no one in Batavia, a sleepy village of 1,600 on the eastern fringe of Cincinnati, Ohio, knows where Matt Maupin is, he is everywhere. SPC MATT MAUPIN--OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOURS, the big electric sign at Jeff Wyler Auto Mall flashes once a minute. At the top of every hour, the local oldies radio station, WGRR, airs a booming jingle: "Joining you in all our prayers for Matt Maupin." Incongruous messages dot the strip malls along busy Route 32, which bisects Clermont County. PRAY FOR MATT MAUPIN AND FAMILY LARGE CHEESE $5.99, says the sign...
After high school, Maupin toyed with the idea of enlisting in the military but instead enrolled at the University of Cincinnati, studying aerospace engineering before switching to nutritional science. He also worked at the local Sam's Club warehouse store, stocking shelves. "He still works here," manager Mitch Cohen says. "He's just on a military leave of absence, and his job will be here for him when he returns." There's a tabletop display about Maupin at the front of the store, one of several in the area. Cohen, who has worked in New York and Florida, says...
...Maupin's capture hasn't blunted the county's support for President Bush: he took 71% of the vote in November, up four points from his 2000 showing. Of course, not everyone salutes the war. "The whole community is aching over this," says Don Rucknagel, a retired University of Cincinnati professor. "But this war is much bigger than this young man. We're bogged down in another quagmire." That's a minority view, though. The soldiers manning the recruiting station where Maupin enlisted say his plight hasn't hurt their efforts. "His name comes up a lot, but people...